Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-29
WICHITA.
1.-THE Winning Wonder Of the Western
World"

SO sing three prosperous cities. and thel
| ty voices have attracted the attention o.
the business world. Birmingham, from
Alabama, sings the story of the new Soutf
10 the accompaniment of forge and furnace
blast; while smoke by day and nre DJ
night cast against the sky the drawing
card-"A Manufacturing City.
Los Angeles in far off California chants
Prom the orange groves, the breath OF
II thousand loves" chants the glories OF the
| Pacific coast; while the many perfumes
sweet from the beautiful valley farms tloa,
around us, and unconsciously we sigh
"Tutri Fruit" Then from the very center OF
the Union the wichita Eagle" mounts
up, and away, screaming in unison with
the iron horse which she passed in hel
fight; screaming until the whole world
hears the piercing cry, Wichita, the
commercial center of the great southwest.
The merits and prospects OF these
three booming cities are discussed daily by
investors and business men in general, SO
| for moment let US look at them from the
standpoint of their claims and relative
situations. Birmingham. in the midst OF
undeyeloped coal and iron fields, will be
come, without doubt, large manufactur
ing city. but situated so far south her pro
ducts have u limited territory, for iron and
coal are now found in every section.
Again it is well known fact that cities OF
this type never become large and powerful
the money is in the hands OF the few,
and the many laborers can not build up
| and beautify the city. And lastly, Birm
| ipgham is in an old state, and has not the
| chance that new cities in new states have
to spread.
La Los Angeles the opposite scene takes
place. The majority of people are well
If. but maxi their returns from the coun
rry without the city, from fruit raising
But here. too. we find the supply territory
limited, and from the very nature OF the
business. chiefly in vogue. her nature for
bids metropolis Los Angeles may boom
but she can't spread And now we come
TO the third city, Winning Wichita, sit
uated in the rich valley Of the great Arkan-
sas river in the prosperous state OF
Kansas in the very center OF
the United States. Is it any
wonder that she bears the title OF "Win-
ning?" Already her arms of steel stretch
out over the east, west and north, and De
fore 81 calls time, her southerly arm VIII
be out and New Orleans will be in her
grasp. Wichita can handle Birmignham
iron and coal, New Orleans cotton and
tobacco. Tennessee poplar and Arkansas
pine. Wichita now handles all eastern
commodities. and secures rates with St.
Louis and Kansas City, in fact her railroad
facilities at the close of this year will be
better than those of Boston, Philadelphia.
St. Louis and Cincinnati and before many
~ ('htconn WichIf,
handles and enjoys the Tutti Fruit of Cali
forDia, and PUTS up large quantities OF ma
tive fruit. She handles wheat from the
north and West, and is fast becoming
a stock center. Just put II
down in your memory that the city OF
Wichita is within 500 miles of New Or
leans, and can ship her wheat. corn and
packed meats to that port for foreign ship
ment This is better than Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois or Iowa Can do. and surrounded by
the best stock and wheat country in the
Union, she is bound to be great CONNER,
| cial center For exporting as well as
| Transporting her own products and those OF
Other states, Wichita stands unrivaled and
| leads this trio Of booming, tlourishing
cities Now that we have compared, lei
me tell you few things about this western
wonder. Wichita is 225 miles from Kan
sas City and only fifty miles from the In
dian territory rich country. and one by
the way, which will soon be open to white
settlers. Seven railroads now occupy
the field and rs many more
will be in before 1888 is gray. SO with all
almost limitless and rich territory to draw
from. and with full transfer facilities to
operste on, all the claims that l have made
are plain to the thinking business man.
These facts are backed up by city OF 30,
600 inhabitants, II city Of fine business
blocks aud elegant residences; city with
all the modern imprOvements-water
works. gas, electric light, street cars, with
two franchises granted for motor or cable
lines.
wICHITA's GROWTH HAS BEEN PHENOM-
Email.
In 1870 the mail was carried In man s
pocket and distributed from cigar box;
Today the gray coated U. s. messengers
leave your mail at the door The
pos,offce business for 1886 footed
up S49,0l9 90. equal to city of
80, 600 inhabitants. The people are
or, ing for better mail service, and from
the Congressional reports | see that they
are getting it, In 1870 Wichita was noted
as the home of the original Buffalo Bill; in
1882 the first railroad appeared, and now
She is known as the largest city in the State
Of Kansas, commercial, money and edu-
ca,ional center Jay Gould pointed on the
man 10 Wichita and said: There is the
coming commercial center Of the great
southwest AS an earnest of what this
great railroad maguale says, ] refer you to
his recent movements in connection with
roads in the west and southwest
" ich,a is the only city IN Kansas whose
business warrants bank clearing house
and she already leads dozen established
cities in her weekly reports. Bank
clearings mean business. and they
show Wichita UP in her true
light. The bank cearings for the
twenty-five business days in January foot
up the grand sum of $6.3l2 S34 0S Ac-
tions speak louder than words You can't
yet over figures, ana these nine figures rep
resent a deal Of active action in this civ
The wholesale business done here Is euor-
NOUS. and from the enlarged facilities and
new firms coming in. this line nt trade
will be- more than quadrupled. Although
making no Chains ~ n manufacturing city,
Wichita supports Il, manufacturing in
dustrits. and Its chorus. too, i: And
more are coming in" Having no grand
Lake Erie to draw ice from. Wichitans
lake that needful article from crystal ice
plant. made in Ohio This one firm turns
cat thirty seven tons per dag, sample of
the manufactures in vogue
A biz building boom Is on. and figures
have been given which prove that four
millions of dollars will bee put into build
| lngs in the Year 1887. This is low es,i
mate, for since il was made numerous
plans have been completed among which
are sever story hotel, an Academy Of
Music. the Congre salianal Female College.